Gulewitsch 2013.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | RCT. 2 arms. Assessed pretreatment, post‐treatment (3 months) | |
Participants | End of treatment: n = 37 Start of treatment: n = 38 Sex: 24 F, 14 M Mean age = 9.4 years (SD = 1.72) Source = adverts in local newspapers and paediatricians' offices Diagnosis = functional abdominal pain or irritable bowel syndrome Mean years of pain = 34.84 months (SD = 40.7) |
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Interventions | "Hypnotherapeutic therapy" (hypnotherapeutic and behavioural methods) "Wait‐list control group" |
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Outcomes | Primary pain outcome: mean pain intensity Primary disability outcome: Paediatric Pain Disability Index Primary depression outcome: none Primary anxiety outcome: none
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Notes | COI: "The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest." Funding: not reported |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | "Families were randomly assigned following simple randomization procedures (computerized random number generator)" Comment: probably done |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No description found in text Comment: probably not done |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | No description found in text Comment: probably not done |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Attrition was described; differences between completers and non‐completers were not described |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Data fully reported |